Leadership - Assessing Team Effectiveness: A Key to Enhancing Productivity and Profitability by Millard MacAdam
To remain competitive, businesses today need staff members who
take leadership initiative and are stellar in carrying out the
managerial and other responsibilities related to the functions
and tasks of their positions. As an owner or leader, you need
and deserve a good functioning team of people. They can help
you keep the "company ship on course" and your
company's operations in good health and balance.
A key question you need to ask and answer for
yourself is, "Do you sincerely think you need and want a peak
performing team of people to collaboratively help you lead and
manage your company?" If so, you can benefit from what has
been learned over the last 30 years from the mixed results of
organization development programs, activities, and research.
Over this time, many useful techniques and
concepts proved their value in enhancing people's performance
and organizational functioning. One of the most significant
findings was that management, leadership and work teams could
be deliberately and methodically developed into powerful
problem solving groups that produced excellent results. Over
and over again, effectively developed teams demonstrate the
ability to collaborate, cooperate, establish a top quality
work environment and ensure the production of excellent
products and services.Eight research based
attributes of team effectiveness can be measured and enhanced
in any company: clear aims; assertive leadership; effective
leadership and managerial practices; positive climate;
appropriate structure; balanced power relationships; and
effective teamwork.Teams that are mature and
effective have been painstakingly built over a period of
time. Problems have been successfully worked through,
relationships deepened, and roles clarified. When peak
performing teams are examined, they are found to have
achieved these attributes. The items in this survey have been
developed from the classic on my book shelf: Improving Work
Groups: A Practical Manual for Team Building by Dave Francis
and Don Young. Survey your management team
members who see you in action and who are those you serve. ... (continued)
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To remain competitive, businesses today need staff members who
take leadership initiative and are stellar in carrying out the
managerial and other responsibilities related to the functions
and tasks of their positions. As an owner or leader, you need
and deserve a good functioning team of people. They can help
you keep the "company ship on course" and your
company's operations in good health and balance.
A key question you need to ask and answer for
yourself is, "Do you sincerely think you need and want a peak
performing team of people to collaboratively help you lead and
manage your company?" If so, you can benefit from what has
been learned over the last 30 years from the mixed results of
organization development programs, activities, and research.
Over this time, many useful techniques and
concepts proved their value in enhancing people's performance
and organizational functioning. One of the most significant
findings was that management, leadership and work teams could
be deliberately and methodically developed into powerful
problem solving groups that produced excellent results. Over
and over again, effectively developed teams demonstrate the
ability to collaborate, cooperate, establish a top quality
work environment and ensure the production of excellent
products and services.Eight research based
attributes of team effectiveness can be measured and enhanced
in any company: clear aims; assertive leadership; effective
leadership and managerial practices; positive climate;
appropriate structure; balanced power relationships; and
effective teamwork.Teams that are mature and
effective have been painstakingly built over a period of
time. Problems have been successfully worked through,
relationships deepened, and roles clarified. When peak
performing teams are examined, they are found to have
achieved these attributes. The items in this survey have been
developed from the classic on my book shelf: Improving Work
Groups: A Practical Manual for Team Building by Dave Francis
and Don Young. Survey your management team
members who see you in action and who are those you serve. ... (continued)
Read the complete article here: http://www.
Entrepreneur Blog of the Week - Smart Step, Inc
Money has a tendency to make people overwhelmed, scared and
unsure of themselves. Smart Step works to change this,
focusing on helping it easier to understand money so the
doubt can be eliminated. This allows you to focus on
becoming financially independent and confident in your money
skills.
Visit the blog here: http://www.
What Do You Think???
Do you have 5 minutes to answer 3 questions? I would love you
know what you think about my newsletter and what we could add
/ remove to make it more useful for you. Please let me know
and answer my 3 question survey at: http://
If I get enough responses then a change will be made!
As always, if you know someone who could benefit from the
thoughts in this newsletter feel free to forward it
to them.
Ps. If you want to keep in touch, follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/
or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/
Evan Carmichael
http://www.EvanCarmichael.com
"Over 14 million entrepreneurs helped and counting!"
275 Macpherson Avenue, Suite 103
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1A4
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